Rising numbers of 'skeletal' children as Central African Republic violence surges

[TomSea]

Country isn't that big, nor in population, something like 4.5 million.

Rising numbers of 'skeletal' children as Central African Republic violence surges
Inna Lazareva

YAOUNDE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Starving, hiding in the bush or with armed groups, two in three children in the Central African Republic need aid, the United Nations said on Friday, as surging violence, attacks on humanitarians and funding shortages raise the spectre of famine.

Central African Republic (CAR) is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for aid workers, with attacks more than quadrupling since 2017 to almost 300 up to mid-September, the U.N. children’s agency (UNICEF) said.

“Conditions for children are desperate,” it said, with 1.5 million children in need of aid, up from 1.2 million in 2016.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-centralafrica-aid-children-idUSKCN1NZ003

[goodwithagun]

For the millionth time watch Poverty Inc on Netflix. It will walk you through the ineffectiveness of both federal aid and NGOs. My heart breaks for these babies, and the only thing that will save those who come after them is 1776 style revolution.